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Greenwich Street &. Ninth Avenue Elevated Railroad
Greenwich Street &. Ninth Avenue Elevated Railroad

Manhattan: 9th Avenue - 29th Street (West)

Ninth Avenue, at West 29th Street, showing the terminus of the Greenwich Street 9 Ninth Avenue Elevated Railroad and one of its cars. This is the experimental line using a wire cable as the means of power. Steam locomotion replaced this later. The station is at the N.E. corner. For additional views see Greenwich Street at Dey Street, and Ninth Avenue at Gansevoort Street.
1867-8
Gift of Major Quinn

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